In a statement, Hezbollah said Hamzah Yassine, whom it described as hailing from the southern Lebanese town of Abbasieh, was martyred while performing his “jihadist duty defending Holy sites.”

Numerous holy shrines mainly the holy shrine of Hazrat Syedda Zainab (AS) and Bibi Sakina (known as Syedda Ruqaya) (AS) are in Syria. Hezbollah mujahideen are there to defend these holy shrines against the terrorist attacks.

Yassine was identified by local media Saturday as the son of the Hezbollah leader’s sister.

A son of Hassan Nasrallah had embraced martyrdom while fighting Zionist Israeli aggressors in Lebanon.